Appeal No. 98-2691
Application No. 08/529,041
sends that information to the control which controls the
cutting operation" (answer, page 9). As to the second
argument, the examiner finds the recited regulation to be
present in the combination of Croteau and Coleman because
(id., page 10):
In Coleman, the controller constitutes
regulating means which is connected to control
the servomotors by employing a selected,
electronically stored data set which has a
sequence of numbers, each number represents a
desired motor angle provided for by the
actuating servo since encoder (58) monitors the
position or angle of the servomotor, and the
nozzle is directed along the selected delivery
path to provided the selected pattern onto the
workpiece, see column 3, lines 10-56. Thus,
when Croteau is modified to have a servomotor
and encoder as taught by Coleman, the regulating
means of the modified device of Croteau controls
the servo by employing a selected,
electronically stored data set which has a
sequence of numbers with each number
representing a desired motor angle provided for
by the actuating servo, and the sequence has a
predetermined correspondence with movement
positions of the substrate to thereby direct the
nozzle along the selected delivery path and
provide the selected pattern on the substrate.
After fully considering the record in light of the
arguments presented in appellants’ brief and the examiner’s
answer, we conclude that rejection (2) should not be
sustained. In particular, we conclude that Croteau, whether
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